Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned US Vice President JD Vance’s overture to Germany’s far right as a direct intervention in the country’s democracy, marking a new low point in transatlantic relations after Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

President Trump ordered reciprocal tariffs Thursday on countries found to treat US imports unfairly — with the European Union, India and Japan among the targets. “This should have been done years ago,

The European Union is broadening the list of U.S. goods it will target with retaliatory tariffs if the White House imposes duties on steel and aluminum exports, according to people familiar with the matter.

On Wednesday UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will meet EU finance ministers at a G20 meeting in Cape Town to discuss a new funding mechanism to rebuild the continent’s enfeebled defences. On Thursday Starmer meets President Trump at the White House to plead with him to maintain the US security guarantee in Europe,

The White House said on Tuesday it would decide which media organizations participate in the press pool that covers the president, wresting control away from the group of journalists that has done so for decades.

In a brief trip to the White House, French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pushed to attach security guarantees to a peace deal in Ukraine as US President Donald Trump expressed hope that a deal could be reached in a matter of weeks.

A top European Union official, who is trying to head off a potential trade conflict, stressed the importance of active engagement and fairness in trade during a four-hour meeting with Trump administration officials on Wednesday.

The European Union can negotiate on reciprocal tariffs with the United States but will not give up its right to regulate in areas such as taxation and digital platforms, the chair of the European Parliament's trade committee said on Friday.

A report published last week said the EU is considering blocking imports of certain American food products in response to President Trump's tariff policy.

The EU's competition chief says U.S. President Donald Trump has upended the "trustful relationship" between the United States and Europe, and that Brussels should focus on providing the predictability and stability that is lacking in Washington.